Snow remover



July 3, 1956 H. s. WHITCOMB SNOW REMOVER Filed Sept. 11, 1953 INVENTOR. HAP? VJ: MU/[Z0445 SNGW REMQVER Harry S. Whitcomb, Bellows Falls, Vt.

Application September 11, 1953, Serial No. 379,491

1 Claim. (Cl. 3713ll) This invention relates to devices for removing snow to form paths, such as on sidewalks, or to school buses and outhouses on a farm and the like, and in particular a scoop having an elongated body, rectangular-shaped in cross section lined with sheet material and mounted on wheels, and a handle extended upwardly from the rear of the body and providing means for manually actuating the scoop.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a manually actuated scoop that is adapted for removing snow from sidewalks, paths and the like wherein comparatively large quantities of snow are removed with each operation.

Snow shovels have been provided in various forms and elaborate snow removing machinery in the form of trucks, bulldozers, and the like have been provided, however, for individual use or for use in a small town large snow removing machines are too costly and cumbersome and the conventional scoop or shovel is too small. With this thought in mind this invention contemplates a scoop mounted on wheels and having outwardly flared ends on side walls thereof whereby as the scoop is moved forwardly with a handle comparatively large quantities of snow are picked up thereby.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to provide means for forming a scoop whereby with the rear end of the scoop mounted on wheels and with the scoop actuated by a handle the scoop may readily be forced into snow to gather up and remove the snow.

Another object of the invention is to provide a snow removing scoop that is so designed that snow may readily be removed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a snow removing scoop that is adapted to be actuated by a single operator.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a manually actuated snow removing scoop which is of a simple and economical construction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention embodies a scoop, substantially rectangularshaped in cross section having a base with side walls and a rear end and with the leading ends of the side walls flared outwardly, a lining, preferably formed of sheet metal covering the inner surfaces of the base, and side and end walls, rollers positioned below the closed or rear end of the scoop, and a handle extended upwardly and rearwardly from the rear portion of the scoop.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view illustrating the improved snow scoop.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the scoop.

Figure 3 is a cross section through the scoop taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through the scoop being taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Figure 5 is a detail illustrating the construction of the upper end of the handle of the scoop, said view being taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1 and the upper ends of the Fatented July 3, 1956 arms being shown in section to show the mounting of a roller in the upper end of the handle.

Referring now to the drawing wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts the improved snow removing scoop of this invention includes a base 10, upwardly extended side walls 11 and 12, an end wall 13, a continuous sheet lining 14 secured to the inner surfaces of the side and end walls and base with screws 15, Wheels 16 and 1.7 on which the rear portion of the body of the scoop is mounted, and a handle formed with side arms 18 and 119, a roller 20 and a cross brace 21, the lower ends of the arms 18 and 19 being secured to the rear corners of the side walls 11 and 12, with bolts 22.

The side walls 11 and 12 are provided with outwardly flared end sections 23 and 24 and the base 10 extends outwardly to correspond with the inner surfaces of the end sections of the walls.

The body of the scoop is provided with a cross beam or bolster 25 that is secured to the base 10 with bolts 26 27 on which nuts 28 are provided and the wheels 16 and 17 are secured to the cross beam 25 with brackets 29 and 39. The bracket 29 is provided with downwardly extended arms 31 and 32 and the roller 16 is mounted in the lower ends of the arms with a pin 33. The bracket 30 is provided with similar arms 34 and 35 and the wheel 17 is pivotally mounted in the arms with a pin 36.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the upper ends of the arms 18 and 19 are provided with openings 37 and 38, respectively and pins .39 and 40, which extend from the ends of the roller 20, are journaled in the openings 37 and 38 whereby the roller 20 is free to rotate, such as a roller of a lawn mower.

The cross bar 21 is secured to the arms 18 and 19 with bolts 42 and 43 and the bolts are provided with lock nuts 44.

With the parts designed and assembled in this manner the scoop is adapted to be moved forwardly by pushing on the handle formed with the arms 18 and 19 and roller 29 and as the scoop is pushed forwardly snow will be gathered in the body portion from which the snow may be dumped as the body portion is filled.

Although the body is illustrated as being formed of tongue and grooved wood strips or beams, and lined with sheet metal, it will be understood that the body may be 5 formed of other suitable material.

It will be understood that modifications, within the scope of the appended claim, may be made in the design and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A snow scoop comprising a body, rectangular-shaped in cross section having a base with side walls having outwardly flared forward ends and a wall in the rear end formed of sections of tongue and groove material, a handle including side arms with a roller journaled in upper ends of the arms, and with the arms connected with a cross bar spaced from the roller extended from the rear end of the body, a bolster having an inclined upper surface mounted on the undersurface of the base, wheels journaled in brackets mounted on the bolster on the undcr surface of the base and spaced from the rear end of the body, and a sheet metal lining covering the inner surfaces of the base and side and end walls.

References (Iited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 327,990 Bartram Oct. 13, 1885 542,867 Wyman July 16, 1895 647,850 Lee Apr. 17, 1900 981,883 Rolfe et a1. Jan. 17, 1911 1,170,248 Gustafson Feb. 1, 1916 1,766,691 Rugg June 24, 1930 1,825,196 McDoniel Sept. 29, 1931 

